The difference between emergency and disaster privileges is simple: Emergency privileges are granted to existing practitioners on the medical...Read More »
When the credentials committee considers an application, that application contains two parts. The first is for membership in the medical staff....Read More »
What if the employment agreement doesn't have co-terminus language about termination/privileges? How does the medical staff services department (...Read More »
The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (the “Court”) found that a surgeon who was denied privileges at a hospital...Read More »
Communication with new applicants regarding their request for clinical privileges will help clarify what may be required on the part of the...Read More »
Due to changing healthcare technologies, increasing specialization, and the growth of individual healthcare institutions, organizations must...Read More »
To assist organizations in improving their credentialing and privileging processes, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (...Read More »
Hospitals must report adverse actions taken against the privileges of a physician or dentist to the National Practitioner Data Bank. They may...Read More »
